Current Sermon Series
June 21, 2026
Have you ever read a passage of scripture where a few verses seem out of place, to take a strange turn, and it leaves you wondering: 'why in the world did Jesus, Paul, or another author say that'? Our verse by verse journey through Paul's Letter to the Ephesians finds us in chapter 4 this week as we read Ephesians 4:7-13. If you read that passage, you could easily go from verse 7 to verse 11 without a hitch. Leaving out verses 8-10 would at first glance, be a wise editorial decision. Verses 8-10 seem to take a strange turn. While my first impulse is to read around these out of place verses, I have discovered that they are there for a reason and that to gain a full understanding of a passage entails embracing rather than rejecting them. This is the case this week as Paul describes the gifts that are given to the Jesus community. To understand the authentic power of these gifts and what they can do in our church and world means that we understand the authenticity and power of the gift giver, Jesus. Please join me on Sunday as the Apostle Paul implores us to embrace the gifts of God that are unleashed in the church and to embrace them in a new light. I look forward to worshipping with you, singing with you, praying with you, sharing stories and life with you this Sunday morning at North Point Church.
Pastor Rob
Have you ever read a passage of scripture where a few verses seem out of place, to take a strange turn, and it leaves you wondering: 'why in the world did Jesus, Paul, or another author say that'? Our verse by verse journey through Paul's Letter to the Ephesians finds us in chapter 4 this week as we read Ephesians 4:7-13. If you read that passage, you could easily go from verse 7 to verse 11 without a hitch. Leaving out verses 8-10 would at first glance, be a wise editorial decision. Verses 8-10 seem to take a strange turn. While my first impulse is to read around these out of place verses, I have discovered that they are there for a reason and that to gain a full understanding of a passage entails embracing rather than rejecting them. This is the case this week as Paul describes the gifts that are given to the Jesus community. To understand the authentic power of these gifts and what they can do in our church and world means that we understand the authenticity and power of the gift giver, Jesus. Please join me on Sunday as the Apostle Paul implores us to embrace the gifts of God that are unleashed in the church and to embrace them in a new light. I look forward to worshipping with you, singing with you, praying with you, sharing stories and life with you this Sunday morning at North Point Church.
Pastor Rob
